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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1908
Page
5
City notices advertise ice cream at Hohbachs and white Haviland china at Demotts. Listings offer dry wood, chickens, sewing machines, unfurnished rooms, rental spaces, and transfer services. Also promotions for Demotts pottery, Goodman Hardware, and a humorous tale about a dog jumping to conclusions.
Product description notes a mirror finish on mission oak material with a ten year guarantee. No additional context or specifics about origin, maker, or usage provided.
A Cleveland family hires a Scandinavian domestic who had never seen a refrigerator. After the mistress teaches her to discard leftovers each morning, the next day she proudly reports a yard sighting. She explains she threw yesterday’s leftover ice away, as instructed.
A lady police officer halted a speeding car and asked for the suitor’s name as a courteous young man offered himself. She blushed and exclaimed that the moment was sudden and surprising in this Chicago News item.
A dialogue on a public question prompts debate between an analytical ques toner and Senator Sorghum about the value of public questions as topics for discussion. The exchange underscores concerns that current questions are treated as mere talking points rather than decisive issues.
A Wissington Star quote features Mr. Cumror expressing fondness for musscales this winter. He says they let him stay quiet rather than invite criticisms of his grammar from his mother and sisters.
It is probable that the reclamation service will seek to enlarge the Tule Lake outlet in Southern Oregon to drain a large portion of the lake bed and render it cultivable for farming.
J G Maddock of Lyle Washington recalls E H Clarke a New England styled woolbuyer who died in Pendleton after pneumonia. Clarke aided woolgrowers in Morrow county with funds and guidance, earning the nickname Wooly Clark and a reputation as a loyal, honest gentleman.
Pekin reports a Japanese cruiser squadron has appeared in Chinese waters claiming friendship. The four cruisers are anchored at Chingwang near Taku and anger in China grows as authorities say the visit aims to force abandonment of anti-Japanese resistance.
The Republican county central committee chaired by Asa B. Thompson has secured a room in the Association building to maintain headquarters during the coming stop campaign.
J W McCormmach expands auto stock with a line of Columbus motor buggies. He has been driving one around the city today, noting the new covered model.
Hear Mrs Norton sing at the Parish House beside the Church of Redeemer on Thursday at 8 30 p m. Tickets are on sale at Pendleton Drug Co.
Ada Sanford of Helix and many others from Umatilla Pendleton Athena and La Grande are listed as visitors in the city. Officials and business travelers including Councilman Billa, Brown, and O Neill are cited with trips to Pilot Rock Freewater Colfax Echo Walla Walla and Hot Lake for campaigning business and health.
In San Francisco on April 29 Bishop Merrimen Colbert Harris, ally of Durham W. Stevens in Korea, was warned by government agents that Koreans plotted his assassination. He was removed from the steamer Korea and taken by revenue cutter to Oakland for safety.
Baseball scores from April games across cities: Los Angeles beat Oakland 7 to 6 in ten innings. Seattle defeated Aberdeen 12 to 3. Tacoma won 6 to 5 over Spokane in eleven innings. Portland routed San Francisco 7 to 1. Butte defeated Vancouver 8 to 1.
In the American League matchups New York defeated Boston by 7 to 4 while Cleveland beat Detroit 11 to none. St Louis beat Chicago 8 to 4. Philadelphia edged Washington 6 to 4. Brooklyn topped Philadelphia 6 to 1 in the National League and Boston beat New York 3 to 1.
Slight earthquake shocks were felt in Santa Cruz California this morning April 294 no damage reported.
W C Chandler of Onaway Michigan fell from the hook and ladder wagon while en route to a fire. He struck his head and sustained a skull fracture. He was taken to the hospital and receiving medical care, resting easily.
A Sunday night fire in Baker City, suspected incendiary, leveled a school building. It marks the city’s second Sunday night blaze in two weeks, prompting investigations and emergency response.
Fragmentary report shows four grocers pressing for money owed after purchases of Schilling's Best tea. The article mentions a local grocer group and a party named Ms Gedding's Boot, with a claim that the company should remit funds to the grocers.
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